The World-News from Roanoke, Virginia • 11

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Year-old recorder refund greater than original cost Q. I sent: a reel-to-reel tape recorder back to a large mail-order house in Chicago tor repair. This was in December. The recorder was about a year old. I purchased it new for about $150.

In April, I received a note from the company's service department 1 telling me that it was shipping me my recorder back fixed. A representative asked that I give it two weeks to arrive. It never did. I've tried to contact the firm to get my recorder back. I need it to record myself playing guitar.

Will Quickline see what it can do on my A. A customer service spokeswoman told Quickline the firm had no record that your recorder was sent back to you. She said the company felt obligated to you and would replace it. The company did. However, the recorder it shipped you turned out to be unsatisfactory.

It was the same model as the one you sent for repair. The service representative said it would be a "brand new refurbished" unit. Quickline notified the company that the recorder wouldn't do. The firm took it back and decided to issue you a refund on your purchase. Later, you told Quickline you had gotten a check for $199.95 from the company, reimbursement tor a year-old tape recorder that cost $150.

County unable to enforce traffic laws on parkway Q. 1 recently saw the Roanoke County Sheriff's Department setting up radar On the Blue Ridge Parkway near Virginia 24. If this is federal property, will Quickline tell me how the county is able to enforce laws there? A. Roanoke County Sheriff 0.S. Foster said it must be a case of mistaken identity.

First. Foster said, the county's radar unit has been out of service for quite some time while a part is on order. Second, he said, the sheriff's department does not enforce traffic laws on the parkway. It will, however, make arrests for criminal offenses. Southwest Virginia show continuing at moment Q.

Will Quickline find out tor me when the big flea market will be held in Abingdon this year? A. It is in progress at the moment and will extend through Aug. 15. A Chamber of Commerce spokeswoman in Abingdon told Quickline the antique flea market is only a part of the Virginia Highlands Arts and Crafts Festival held in the city each year Craftsmen are currently showing their wares on the lawn of the Martha Washington Inn weekdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

and on Sundays from 12:30 to 9 p.m. License to fish unneeded by persons under age 16 Q. I have two children, ages 3 and 6. Do they need a license to fish in the waters of Virginia? A. A spokeswoman in the state's Game Commission office told Quickline that those under the age of 16 do not need a license to fish in Virginia.

Those over 16 do. A license costs $5. Area arts and crafts show set for later this month Q. Will Quickline give me the dates of the Fincastle Arts and Crafts Show this A. The show will be held Aug.

21-22. The art show will be held on the grounds of the courthouse in Fincastle, while crafts will be exhibited in the Breckinridge School gymnasium. A flea market will be operating outside the school. What's happening "What's Happening" will list events of broad interest open to the general public. Sponsoring groups may send the name of the event, the date, time and place, and name of sponsoring organization to "What's Happening, The World- -News, P.O.

Box 2491, Roanoke, Va. 24010. In.clude name and phone number of a spokesman for the sponsor, World-News and get at material to The least one week before the desired publication date. TODAY SQUARE DANCING County Library, 3131 Electric Road, 7:30 p.m. TOMORROW SUMMER THEATRE "Abie's Irish Rose," Mill Mountain Playhouse, 8 p.m.

-Compiled by Debbie Sink Elvis Timeless By CHRIS GLADDEN Special Writer The Queen may have come lottesville but the King was in night. He was King at least to crowd that jammed the Roanoke ter. Elvis Presley was here. No troubadour still packs crowd wallop Photos I by Pat Matheny Elvis' girl friend. Linda Thompson (right), signs autographs for pair of fans Council told revenue data to be delayed By MAG POFF Staff Writer Roanoke city councilmen.

caught in conflicting procedures and requirements, have been told that it will be December before they have even approximate figures on an increase in tax revenue from the citywide real estate assessment. Council meanwhile passed a resolution declaring its intention to reduce the $1.64 tax rate for 1977 in proportion to the Rate study proposed for garage By MAG POFF Staff Writer man Hampton Thomas, who said that if debt and operating costs have risen because of inflation the parking rates should also be higher. Councilman William Hubard recalled that the 1972 report projected a deficit in the first few years. Councilman Nicholas Taubman said most businesses lose money in the first vear. The garage.

he said, must be judged by its impact on the vitality and tax base of downtown. Taubman said that at least one large new building was constructed because of the plan for the parking garage. A marketing study has been suggested to set parking rates for the new downtown parking garage. And the members of Roanoke City Council who proposed the updated study by consultants before the garage opens next June said they are not fazed by projections that it will lose money at first. Council had before it yesterday a report it requested on finances of the new facility under construction on Church Avenue.

It said that rental of retail space on the ground floor should pay operating costs, but the city could lose about $100.000 on the parking if debt retirement is considered. Council referred the report back to City Manager Byron Haner with the suggestion that a consulting firm that prepared original financing projections should be retained again to update the 1972 report. Haner said he agreed with the proposal. The suggestion was made by Council- he's 41 and starting to spread a little around the middle. Elvis is an institution and age cannot wither nor custom stale an institution.

The crowd was definitely primed for him. Binoculars and telephoto lenses jutted out of the crowd like tank barrels at the Battle of the Bulge. All ages were represented but this was a double-knit and not a blue jeans crowd. A surprising number of silver and blue-haired women sat primly as if waiting for the preacher to deliver a sermon on Sunday morning. These same women probably view the Rolling Stones as demons set loose on an unsuspecting world.

But here they were, to see the man who made it all possible. Most of the men in the crowd looked a bit ill at ease. One moustachioed fellow hollered to a man in a leisure suit, "I didn't think you'd make it." The man in the leisure suit looked at his tanned and blonde- maned wife and said, "Hell, I didn't have "Wonderful mementos of your evening any choice." with Elvis." to Char- As the anticipation built, hawkers When the lights ranged the crowd were cut in preparaRoanoke last through selling Elvis sou- tion for Elvis' venirs. "Eight by 10 autographed color por- emergence, screams rose the capacity from the floor and bleachers and rocked Civic Cen- traits suitable for framing; giant photo the roof. Things began to little albums: six inch Elvis buttons with a built- get a scary.

matter that in easel and pin on the back. See Elvis, Pg. 15, Col. 3 Crowd older, more orderly The 10.594 fans who saw Elvis the Great at the Roanoke Civic Center last night might have been a bit boisterous and enthusiastic but, for the most part. they were law-abiding.

didn't have the hardcore rock tans that we sometimes have." a policeman said Detective Capt. G. K. Ford said "there were the usual people trying to climb up on the stage but this crowd was more mature than One Roanoker was arrested on a charge of scalping tickets to the show. Police said Henry Lee Welch 18.

of the 5300 block of Ponderosa Drive NW. was attempting to sell a ticket for more than he paid for it. Although a mature crowd saw the show. many of them were no less thrilled than the younger set. One woman city hall employe was sporting a white scarf, bearing authentic Presley sweat, today, and was the envy of her associates.

She removed it from around her neck and said: "Look. You can see the marks where he I'll bet you will never wash it," a triend exclaimed. One of Presley's bag of showman's tricks is to toss white scarves to tans. The -News Roanoke. Tuesday.

August 3, 1976 11 amount of unanticipated revenue from the computer reassessment. It also adopted a report proposing that, in the future. the assessment procedure coincide with the city's July to June fiscal year rather than with the calendar year There was a debate as to whether the switch would provide a future one-time tax windfall if assessments become effective in July instead of January. Finance Director A.N. Gibson said there should be a small decrease in revenue in fiscal vear 1977 and a small one-time increase in fiscal vear 1978.

Assessor Charles McNulty said it will be Dec. 10-13 before he can give council an estimate of the final figures of the 1977 real estate assessment. Even then, he said. it will only be within one per cent accurate, a potential difference of about $5 million. At that time.

however, the board of equalization should complete its appeal process. But even at that time. council was told. the impact of the tax freeze for the elderly will not be known because the application deadline is next Feb. 1 for the 1977 tax year.

Gibson said he could make no estimate of the impact of the tax freeze beyond his prior guess of $200.000 in lost tax revenue. Asst. Atty. James Buchholtz then warned council that it must hold a public hearing, after giving 30 days' notice, if its tax levy from the reassessment is more than eight per cent higher than this year. He said he didn't know how council could give the required notice if no figures were available prior to Dec.

10. Gibson said there was a "flaw" in the state law requiring a hearing because it states that the eight per cent applies to actual collections. Actual 1976 collections cannot be known until after this calendar year ends. he said. McNulty said council might need legal advice.

Gibson suggested an opinion from the state attorney general. The resolution of intent to reduce taxes -with no date and no figures -was opposed by Councilman Robert Garland. Garland said he. along with all other council members, favors a reduction in the tax rate, especially because it is a popular thing to do. But he said he feared projecting that far in the future in the face of an uncertain situation.

Based on figures available now. he said. unanticipated tax surplus will be only about $361.000. Passing the resolution would mislead people into expecting a specific reduction. Garland said.

Fear of missing Elvis hurt worse than appendix Some people might not get out of bed to see an Elvis Presley concert, but doctors couldn't keep Darlene "Dolly" Huffman in bed during last night's performance. a Roanoke resident, planned to see Elvis right from the start. She waited second in line at the Civic Center the night before tickets for the show went on sale. She held on nearly 24 hours. Last Wednesday night, though, she was admitted to Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

Reason: Acute pain in the lower right side and back. From staff and wire dispatches As you may learn on your vacation this summer. the millions of road maps traditionally given out free at the nation's service stations are changing. Often they are smaller, there are fewer of them and, in some cases, they cost money. In the Roanoke Valley, however, most serRoad maps cost vice is stations generally continue borne to by the stock oil free companies maps.

The Yet there is a change in attitude. Ralph Smith, operator of an Amoco station on Williamvictims of son that Road, didn't said offer there maps was couldn't a time stay when in a business. station But today's customer is accustomed to buying gas at grocery stores, self-service stations and self-service much convenience service. Smith stores. said.

He no longer expects as The energy crunch that began in 1973 also changed things. Service stations no longer needed maps to attract customers. Then along came inflation. Costs rose and the free map became an expensive propositon for the oil companies. Today, according to a spokesman for one manufacturer, a consumer looking for a particu- How sweet it is Mrs.

Judy DeLauney of Salem tried for a long time to get Elvis Presley's attention before she succeeded. Mrs. DeLauney managed to get a kiss from "The King" with a little -a cake. She presented the cake, with the words "I've Been Trying To Get To You For 22 Years, Love Judy" written into the frosting, to Presley last night at the Roanoke Civic Center. Diagnosis: Appendicitis.

Emergency surgery' was necessary. 21 stitches worth. But it couldn't keep "Dolly" from ElVIS. She convinced her doctors to release her just long enough to see the concert. To avoid complications a pushing and shoving crowd might have caused her.

"Dolly" arrived at the arena late, just as the group immediately preceding Elvis took the stage. Today "Dolly" is back in the hospital recuperating. She is scheduled for release tomorrow. lar type of road map may have to try several places in many parts of the nation before finding exactly what he or she wants. However, a check of five stations selling different name-brand found all still had maps and all but one had four or five types.

A typical station's supply includes a map of states east of the Mississippi, Virginia-West Virginia and North Carolina-South Carolina sheets. There are no nationwide statistics on how many oil companies still distribute maps free of charge. "I do know it's not like it once was. said a spokesman for the American Petroleum Institute. He said some oil companies charge their dealers for the maps, leaving it up to the individual station owner to decide whether to pass the cost on to the consumer.

A few stations have installed vending machines and are experimenting with 50- or 75-cent maps. Conroy V. Erickson, a spokesman for RandMcNally, of Skokie, the largest producer of road maps in the country, said the free road map is not dead. But he said many of the Was her effort worth it? 27. said "yes" emphatically, without reservation.

"I've seen Elvis better," she said from her hospital bed this morning, "but he's still the "I knew going to stop old thing like last week that this wasn't me," she said, "not a little That's "Dolly" Huffman. one of Elvis' bigger fans. She's proven it. oil companies have cut back. "They have gotten out of city maps and have less ambitious map programs.

Regional maps are replacing state maps. Erickson said one company, which he deelined to name, experimented last year with a kind of "minimap" but was dissatisfied and returned to regular maps. He said other companies are buying pads of maps that are smaller and cheaper to produce since they do not require the complex folding of the standard. Keller Poole, a local Union 76 dealer, says his company now furnishes pads of maps. He says Union also offered to furnish him folding maps, but at an extra charge.

The pad maps are free. Some industry sources have estimated that $11 million worth of road maps are distributed by oil companies each year. Rand-McNally figures 225 to 250 million maps were given out in 1972, the peak year for free road maps. The number dropped off in 1973 and 1975 but is increasing again this year. The 1976 figure, however, will still be below the 1972 level, according to Rand-McNally..